Priya Anand was born on 17th September 1986 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Priya Anand is an Indian Tamil film actress and model who is known for her works in Tamil & Telugu language films.

Career

Priya was born to a half Marathi, half Telugu father Bharadwaj Anand & her mother Radha is a Tamilian. She is the sole child of her parents and she was raised in both Hyderabad & Chennai, so became fluent in Telugu & Tamil. She graduated in communications & journalism from University of Alany.

She started her career as a model in 2008. During her modeling career, she appeared in commercials like Prince Jewellery, Nutrine Maha Lacto & Cadbury Dairy Milk.

She was first signed for the movie Pugaipadam but because its release got delayed, she made her acting debut with the Tamil movie 'Vaamanan' in 2009. Though the movie did average business at the box-office but the film’s music became immensely popular. In 2010, she made her Telugu film debut with AVM Production's film Leader along with Rana & Richa. The success of Leader followed with film titled Rama Rama Krishna Krishna. After which she starred in several hit films in Tamil cinema such as Ethir Neechal, Arima Nambi, Oru Oorla Rendu Raja and Vai Raja Vai amongst others. Through these films, she became a well-known celeb in Tamil film industry.